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Robin Wenneker, EMBA02, was elected chair of the University of Missouri Board of Curators, on which she has served since being appointed in 2020 by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. Wenneker is managing partner of CPW Partnership, a family business that owns commercial, residential and agricultural land holdings. Earlier, she worked for Procter & Gamble, the […]

Tescha Hawley, SW02, was a finalist for the CNN Hero of the Year award in 2023. She was nominated for founding the Day Eagle Project, a nonprofit started to help Native Americans living on a reservation fight cancer. The nonprofit has since expanded to help with other medical needs and a food pantry to promote […]

Atia-tul Thurman, SW02, transitioned from her role as associate director of the Clark-Fox Policy Institute at Washington University to full-time lecturer in the Brown School. Thurman has more than 20 years of professional and leadership experience in social work education, engaging citizens in public projects and translating research to inform policy. In her current role, […]

Joshua Finnell, LA02, GR06, professor in the University Libraries at Colgate University, has been appointed to the Depository Library Council (DLC) for a three-year term by the U.S. Government Publishing Office. DLC members advise the director on policy matters relating to the Federal Depository Library Program and access to U.S. government information.

Justin H. Brown, LA02, a partner at law firm Ballard Spahr, was awarded the Daniel R. Ginsberg Leadership Award by the Anti-Defamation League in recognition of his “leadership in the fight against anti-Semitism, racism and all forms of prejudice.” Brown serves as co-chair of the education committee and on the board and executive committee of […]

Jeffrey Henderson, GM02, MD02, was ­awarded the AABB’s (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) 2021 President’s Award in recognition of his critical work as part of the COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project Group, which helped advance the science regarding therapeutic options for convalescent plasma. Henderson was a co-founder of the group with colleagues from […]

Rachel Permut, LA02, joined Gridiron as chief strategy officer in Houston, working on the ­development of a portfolio of distributed energy companies.

Aaron Cohn, GR02, GR03, competed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in couple and family therapy at the Family Institute at ­Northwestern University, where he is now a staff therapist and clinical supervising faculty for the master of science in marriage and ­family therapy program. Cohn is also an ­associate ­editor of the Encyclopedia of ­Couple and […]

Cokey Nguyen, GM02, is chief scientific officer at San Francisco–based Atara Biotherapeutics, leading the development of next-generation allogeneic cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Previously, Nguyen was vice president of innovation, research and development at Fate Therapeutics.

Jonah Chiarenza, AR02, and Emily Lammert, AR02, in 2020 designed and built a custom “parklet” for the City of Melrose, Mass., as a volunteer effort to support outdoor economic and recreational activity during the pandemic. Three parklets now operate thanks to their charitable efforts. While at WashU, both studied in Copenhagen, Denmark, and they restarted […]